Workshop Lessons Learned

This page was started by User:Katie after the LED Cuff workshop to record her thoughts about potential improvements, but anyone is welcome to contribute to it.

General Lessons Learned

• If attendees need to register, make it more than obvious that they do.
• Limit participation to about a dozen people so as not to overcrowd the space. Hold multiple sessions if needed to accommodate people.
• Bring extra materials and tools -- participants will lose track of things, especially small things, or want to start over with a fresh whatever-it-is.
• Signs posted in the building directing people to HacDC are a good thing.

LED Cuff-specific Lessons Learned

• The instructions could use a good diagram of the layout of everything in and on the cuff.
• Ditch the velcro, which is too hard to sew by hand, in favor of snaps or something like that.
• Bring a seam ripper for fixing mistakes.
• A standard hole punch will jam and possibly break when you use it to abuse leather or other leather-like material.
• These LEDs may be cheaper.
  • For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - Katie 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)